Here’s what the deal is: I have one month to raise $100. I’m doing a craft show with my shop (which is my only source of income at the moment), and I owe $100 for my booth space. So, I would really appreciate it if you could take a moment and consider making a purchase from my shop.
I may even run another giveaway soon in order to promote for these reasons! Please let me know what you think, and what you’d like to see in the giveaway 🙂
This will probably be my last post on semantics for a while, since I want to focus on other things, but I know a lot of people really dislike “otherkin” being an umbrella term and want something else, so a while back I wrote up this little idea. Please note to take it with a grain of salt and, if you don’t like it, please feel free not to consider yourself part of it. This is simply a suggestion based on common complaints I have seen in various communities – it is in no way absolutely flawless. In general, do what makes you comfortable – if this isn’t something that makes you comfortable, don’t feel that you have to use it!
Alter-human/Alternative Humanity Personal Identity “AHPI”
A category of personal identity which encompasses identification that is alternative to the common societal idea of humanity.
For the sake of this categorization, the “common societal idea of humanity” is classified as such:
The common human identity involves:
-Identification with the body in the sense that the body is part of the self, unrelated to a sense of gender or any form of personal expression; at the basest level, a common human identity is an identification with the mechanical human form, bodily function, etc – feeling correct in a human body, the one given to the self at birth, when gender, race, and societal concepts are removed; not feeling that the body is not one’s own. (Simple/Example: A transgender person is not/may not be AHPI because they still consider themselves human, and still consider the body to be theirs – just incorrect. Of course, transgender people may be AHPI, but being trans is not an AHPI identification, unless the gender of said trans person directly correlates to a nonhuman concept of gender.)
-Identification involving a singular persona within a body present from birth and which has not differentiated from the original-born persona which is attached to the body. (Simple/Example: A multiple system would be AHPI due to multiple persons existing in one body. A walk-in (which occurred after birth, or by their own identification this way) is also AHPI as they are not the “original.” A median who experiences their multiplicity as facets of self or other similar but still non-singular sense would be AHPI.)
-Identification as a human with no supernatural personal basis BY SAID PERSON’S OWN DISCRETION. (Simple/Example: A person who identifies as human and as their born persona in this life but who has an identity involving past lives may be considered AHPI if they so decide their experiences dictate as such. A person who believes themselves to be human in this life but spiritually angelic would be considered AHPI, assuming they identify as their angelic spirituality and not as a human. Some religions and spiritualities might include reincarnation but those who follow said spiritualities may not feel they fit in this category.)
-Identify as human regardless of personal subculture. (Simple/Example: A furry would be human if they consider themselves to be, but a furry who identifies as a furry more than anything else may be AHPI due to identification as a member of said subculture as part of one’s overall personal identity.)
AHPI identities may include, as per personal discretion: -Therian, phytanthrope, otherkin, and fictionkin identities -Multiple, plural, median, and walk-in identities -Spiritual self-identities which may still include degrees of humanity such as angelics, celestials, starseeds, god shards, reincarnated gods, vampires, etc -Identities involving shared self-identification with nonhuman or other alternative human entities/concepts such as animal-hearted, godspouse, soulbond, and spiritual medium identities -Identities of alternative humanity through disassociation, trauma response, or non-neurotypical mental status
Of course, all of these may either agree with or deny identification as AHPI, depending on personal discretion. Don’t feel a need to subscribe to any one label just because it exists. Do what makes you feel good!
Hi. I’m Jes. I’m disabled and living on SSI. It does not leave a lot to do fun things with, such as hang out with friends, or play fun Vidya Gaem, or save for a new computer. But I do doodle. And I would in fact like to make $10 sketches for folks to be able to leave the house just a little more, or buy a few more sheets of paper to doodle more with, or perhaps even a nice delicious bread to snack.
I do things like this
And this
And these
And if you would like something like this for a tenner, I would be happy to oblige. No color, but the image yours to do what you will with upon payment. I do humans and furries best, but no gore or porn at the moment. Other/fictionkin and other alterhumans are welcome too, ofc!
If you wouldn’t like one or can’t, I would just appreciate a reblog! Maybe someone else will and I can use all the help I can get. Bless! 💚💚
Something I noticed that was very prevalent in Lupa’s Field Guide to Otherkin that I don’t often see talked about in the community was the notion that one could identify as kin on multiple levels.
Just because you believe you are spiritually kin (through reincarnation, walk-ins, etc.) doesn’t mean you can’t look at yourself through a psychological lens as well. I’ve personally found said advice very helpful and reassuring, as I feel I am spiritually-based but also find a lot of parallels and possible dragon influences on my psyche through my upbringing, but always felt like I was betraying my beliefs by entertaining psychological notions while believing I had a spiritual origin.
I’ve also noticed that she relies heavily on Jungian psychology to explain some other types of being ‘kin that are no longer talked about in the community – for example, the idea of being kin through a personal mythology origin, an archetype, an energetic resonance, etc. I recommend doing some research into this area for anyone still searching to find a possible origin..
There are have been many terms
created to describe people who identify as Earth plants:
– In February 1995 “wereplants”
was coined.
– The term
“plantkin” is at least as old as 2004 and was used on a livejounral
community.
– In 2004 on the website Green
Is More Than A Color the term “greenkin” was coined.
– In 2006 the term
“woodkin” was coined on another Livejournal community.
Ever since at least 2006 by my
reckoning the term “plantkin” has been the accepted term used in the
various otherkin communities to prefer to people who identify as plants.
So where does the term
“phythanthrope” come in? Well, I coined that term just a few years ago.
It was 2013 and I wanted a personal term I could use myself because I spent
most of my time in the therianthrope community and had grown tired of the fact
that within the therianthrope community they generally define otherkin as
people who identify as non-Earthly creatures. Also, I didn’t much like the
sound of “plantkin” anyway. So I coined “phytanthrope” to use
instead.
Yet, it is funny that now, at
least in the therianthrope community, people are considering
“phytanthrope” the main term. However if you go to any community for
plantkin, they still use “plantkin.” I kind of worry how my label usage
may drastically alter the plantkin community because now more and more
resources are picking up my term rather than using the term the plantkin
community uses.
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